diff --git a/test/meson.build b/test/meson.build
index b01c529c23..528df9f403 100644
--- a/test/meson.build
+++ b/test/meson.build
@@ -22,10 +22,8 @@ test_utils_files = [
     'options/m_config_core.c',
     'options/m_config_frontend.c',
     'options/m_option.c',
-    'options/path.c',
     'osdep/io.c',
     'osdep/timer.c',
-    path_source,
     timer_source,
     'ta/ta.c',
     'ta/ta_talloc.c',
@@ -112,7 +110,9 @@ codepoint_width = executable('codepoint-width', files('codepoint_width.c'),
                              include_directories: incdir, link_with: test_utils)
 test('codepoint-width', codepoint_width)
 
-paths = executable('paths', 'paths.c', include_directories: incdir, link_with: test_utils)
+paths_objects = libmpv.extract_objects('options/path.c', path_source)
+paths = executable('paths', 'paths.c', include_directories: incdir,
+                   objects: paths_objects, link_with: test_utils)
 test('paths', paths)
 
 if get_option('libmpv')